The Coup de Pouce (A Little Boost) loan programme, launched in late 2016, had raised a total of 6.4 million euros in loans for 343 young companies in Wallonia by the end of June, L’Echo reported on Thursday.

The renovation of the Law Courts of Brussels, covered with scaffolding for decades, will not be completed before 2040, La Libre Belgique daily on Thursday reported Justice Minister Koen Geens as saying.

The National Bank of Paris, BNP Paribas, achieved good results in the second quarter of 2018 in Belgium in its retail services, grossing 345 million euros, an increase of 6%, the French bank said in its latest quarterly report.